diff --git a/service-t/src/com/android/server/ethernet/EthernetTracker.java b/service-t/src/com/android/server/ethernet/EthernetTracker.java
index 48467ed..e656eb9 100644
--- a/service-t/src/com/android/server/ethernet/EthernetTracker.java
+++ b/service-t/src/com/android/server/ethernet/EthernetTracker.java
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@
      * <interface name|mac address>;[Network Capabilities];[IP config];[Override Transport]}
      */
     private void parseEthernetConfig(String configString) {
-        final EthernetTrackerConfig config = createEthernetTrackerConfig(configString);
+        final EthernetTrackerConfig config = new EthernetTrackerConfig(configString);
         NetworkCapabilities nc;
         // Starting with Android B (API level 36), we provide default NetworkCapabilities
         // for Ethernet interfaces when no explicit capabilities are specified in the
@@ -779,12 +779,6 @@
         }
     }
 
-    @VisibleForTesting
-    static EthernetTrackerConfig createEthernetTrackerConfig(@NonNull final String configString) {
-        Objects.requireNonNull(configString, "EthernetTrackerConfig requires non-null config");
-        return new EthernetTrackerConfig(configString.split(";", /* limit of tokens */ 4));
-    }
-
     private static NetworkCapabilities createDefaultNetworkCapabilities(
             boolean isTestIface, @Nullable String overrideTransport) {
         NetworkCapabilities.Builder builder =
@@ -1057,8 +1051,9 @@
         final String mIpConfig;
         final String mTransport;
 
-        EthernetTrackerConfig(@NonNull final String[] tokens) {
-            Objects.requireNonNull(tokens, "EthernetTrackerConfig requires non-null tokens");
+        EthernetTrackerConfig(String configString) {
+            Objects.requireNonNull(configString, "EthernetTrackerConfig requires non-null config");
+            final String[] tokens = configString.split(";", /* limit of tokens */ 4);
             mIface = tokens[0];
             mCapabilities = tokens.length > 1 ? tokens[1] : null;
             mIpConfig = tokens.length > 2 && !TextUtils.isEmpty(tokens[2]) ? tokens[2] : null;
diff --git a/tests/unit/java/com/android/server/ethernet/EthernetTrackerTest.java b/tests/unit/java/com/android/server/ethernet/EthernetTrackerTest.java
index 533bbf8..db7b37b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/java/com/android/server/ethernet/EthernetTrackerTest.java
+++ b/tests/unit/java/com/android/server/ethernet/EthernetTrackerTest.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 
 import androidx.test.filters.SmallTest;
 
+import com.android.server.ethernet.EthernetTracker.EthernetTrackerConfig;
 import com.android.testutils.DevSdkIgnoreRule;
 import com.android.testutils.DevSdkIgnoreRunner;
 import com.android.testutils.HandlerUtils;
@@ -298,8 +299,7 @@
         final String transport = "4";
         final String configString = String.join(";", TEST_IFACE, capabilities, ipConfig, transport);
 
-        final EthernetTracker.EthernetTrackerConfig config =
-                EthernetTracker.createEthernetTrackerConfig(configString);
+        final EthernetTrackerConfig config = new EthernetTrackerConfig(configString);
 
         assertEquals(TEST_IFACE, config.mIface);
         assertEquals(capabilities, config.mCapabilities);
@@ -309,8 +309,7 @@
 
     @Test
     public void testCreateEthernetTrackerConfigThrowsNpeWithNullInput() {
-        assertThrows(NullPointerException.class,
-                () -> EthernetTracker.createEthernetTrackerConfig(null));
+        assertThrows(NullPointerException.class, () -> new EthernetTrackerConfig(null));
     }
 
     @Test